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  • July 2, 2010 at 11:23 am

    #1188372

    BWAA-HAA!!!! First, this is NOT a good example of Tally Table code. It doesn't use a Tally Table and it doesn't use anything that could be called efficient. Anyone who uses a recursive CTE to generate Tally numbers just doesn't know what hidden RBAR is. 😛

    I agree with what someone else has stated... this code should be used as an example of how NOT to write code and how NOT to accomplish a split. Same goes for any example in this thread that uses a recursive CTE to do the split. 😉

    I hope no one actually copies the code to use as a split function but I will say it was very interesting in how many "extra" things were added to the code in an attempt at obfuscation. Heh... maybe it should be titled "job security methods". :hehe:

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)